[Cape Town 5th Reuters]-South Africa ’s President Rama Poza said in a TV speech on the 5th that riots occurred in various parts of the country and that foreigners were attacked. “There is no excuse for attacking foreign houses and businesses,” he strongly accused, and promised to tackle the situation.
The riot occurred in Pretoria 8 days ago and spread to nearby Johannesburg. Gauteng, where both cities are located, is home to many immigrants. According to Rama Posa, at least 10 people have died in the past week, two of them are foreigners.
An international conference on African economy has been held from April 4 in Cape Town in South Africa, and Mr. Ramapoza was expected to appeal the efforts to rebuild the South African economy and to expand trade between African countries. However, the current riots changed the situation and brought tensions with Nigeria and others.
On May 5, Jim Obia, a chairman of a major bank in Nigeria and co-chairman of the meeting, withdrew because the life of Nigerians living in South Africa has become extremely unstable. . The country's vice president was absent from the previous day's meeting event.
Peter Attard Montalto, head of capital market research at financial research firm Intellidex, who participated in the conference, said the government sector in the conference was desolate, and each country had a cold reaction to the exoticism movement in South Africa. He said that he can see that
